Russia detains Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant chief, Ukraine says
The nuclear plant, the largest in Europe, is located in one of four Ukrainian regions which Russian President Vladimir Putin claimed this week to have annexed.
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The nuclear plant, the largest in Europe, is located in one of four Ukrainian regions which Russian President Vladimir Putin claimed this week to have annexed.
Relatives say two U.S. military veterans who went missing while fighting Russia with Ukrainian forces have been released after about three months in captivity.
Mikhail Gorbachev, who led the Soviet Union from 1985 until its breakup in 1991, has died at the age of 91, Russian state news agencies announced. CBS News' Caitlin Huey-Burns has more.
Former WNBA star Brittney Griner was sentenced to nine years in Russian prison on drugs charges Thursday. Griner was also fined, who previously made an emotional plea for forgiveness ahead of the sentencing.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has made her controversial visit to Taiwan despite threats from the Chinese government. CBS News' David Begnaud and Debra Alfarone speak with CBS News chief White House correspondent Nancy Cordes and CBS News contributor Isaac Stone Fish on the implications of this closely watched trip.
The secretary of state said securing the Americans' release remains a "top priority" for the U.S.
If convicted on drug smuggling charges, Griner could face 10 years in a Russian prison.
WNBA star Britney Griner pleaded guilty Thursday to drug charges in a Russian court. She has been in Russian custody since February. CBS News senior White House and political correspondent Ed O'Keefe joined Anne-Marie Green and Vladimir Duthiers with the response from Washington.
Ceasefire enables dozens to escape a makeshift bomb shelter in Mariupol, but elsewhere Ukraine's embattled forces are desperate for more U.S. weapons.
Pelosi and other U.S. lawmakers visited Kyiv on Saturday. She is the most senior American lawmaker to travel to the country since Russia's Feb. 24 invasion. Her visit came just days after Russia launched rockets at the capital during a visit by U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres.
The ex-U.S. Marine arrived early Thursday. Moscow said a "lengthy negotiation process" resulted in his being freed in exchange for a Russian pilot jailed on drug charges.
Ukraine's president spoke to the U.N.'s most powerful body amid fast-mounting evidence — dismissed as "fake" by Russia — that Putin's forces purposely killed civilians.
Usually an event to observe the traditions and culture of their home country, the Ukraine Culture Center flipped the script on their annual Easter festival this year — gearing it towards providing further assistance to their war torn homeland.
Jake Renner left Kyiv 10 years ago but is returning to get his family out and into safety.
Catholic parishes and schools across the region rang their bells 29 times to mark the 29 days since Russia invaded Ukraine.
Music was playing and Ukrainian flags were flying at The Abbey in West Hollywood Thursday night as supporters answered President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's call for help exactly one month after the war began.
Justice Department officials said that one of the campaigns, if successful, would have given Russia the ability to disrupt energy sector computer systems "at a future time of its choosing."
Ukrainian car customizer was forced to change his shop's name after being harassed on the phone and online for having the word "Russian" in his business' name.
Amid the horrors of the war in Ukraine, Max Garbovich is astounded by the amount of support Los Angeles, and the whole world, has provided for his father and his makeshift bread brigade.
James Hill found himself trapped inside one of the bombed-out buildings in the city. Known as Jimmy to his friends and family - the 67-year-old Minnesota native was in Chernihiv looking after his partner, Ira, who was suffering from multiple sclerosis.
A Ukrainian family, forced to leave a husband and father behind as fighting broke out in their home country, are seeking a fresh start in California. Jeff Nguyen reports.
"When my father arrived in Leningrad, he was all pumped up on the lies of his government, and when he left Leningrad, he was broken, physically and mentally. He lived the rest of his life in pain."
Iryna Zenyuk launched a $100,000 fundraising campaign to make UCI the host for at least four Ukrainian scholars and their families.
"I think he is a war criminal," President Biden said in response to a journalist's question.
Volodymyr Zelenskyy's appeal will come as Russia keeps pounding infrastructure Kyiv and many other cities with artillery strikes.
